Slides for a Technical Writing workshop taught for The University of Akron's McNair Scholars program, to help undergraduate students prepare for graduate school. June 2012

1. Writing Workshop
5 June 2012
Your Host: Tabitha Martin

2. Overview
O Introductions
O Writing in Grad School & Beyond
O Individual Writing
O Group Writing
O Presentations
O Questions

4. Do you feel prepared
for these types of
writing?
How might they be similar or different than
the writing you’ve already done?

5. Writing is a Process
O Preparation
O Research
O Organization
O Writing
O Revision

6. *Organizing & Revising are the
Bookends of Writing*
O With them:
O Without them:

7. Different
Writing
Different
Rules

8. 1. Conclusions
Academic Writing
Evidence
Technical Writing
Conclusion
Conclusion
Evidence

11. Your Turn!
“Sell” Yourself to a Prospective
Employer
O Be sure to write for your audience
O Put yourself in their shoes!
O Tell your story (the relevant version)

13. Take a Break!

14. Science Writing
Considerations
O Clarity
O Concision
O Detail-oriented
O Reproducible!

16. Considerations
O Make it clear & easy
O What kind of prep is involved?
O Details!
O Step by step
O Think of when you learned how to do this

17. Evaluation
O Were the steps clear & easy?
O If you didn’t already know how to do this
O
O
O
O
activity, could you after this?
Were there too many steps? Too few?
Were they too complicated?
Were any steps skipped over?
Assumptions?